Annual undergraduate student budget examples

These budgets are established by the UW Office of Student Financial Aid to determine student eligibility for federal, state and institutional need-based financial aid. They are based on surveys of students’ costs, comparisons with other schools, input from housing and transportation agencies, and they reflect cost-of-living changes. They cover modest but adequate costs for most students attending this university. Students may submit a Revision Request form to have additional student costs (childcare, uninsured medical/dental costs for the student, etc.) included in their individual budgets. The figures listed below are nine-month amounts.

For all the details about tuition rates, consult the Tuition Rates page.

*Estimated tuition cost for 2009-10. Subject to change.
**Figure shown is for Graduate Tier I programs. Graduate tuition varies by program.

Definitions

Lives Away From Home

All single, undergraduate students without dependents (spouse or children) who are living away from parents’ home; undergraduate married students without children, whose spouses are also students.

Non-Traditional

All graduate/professional students; undergraduates who have children; married undergraduates whose spouses are not also enrolled. Registered same-sex domestic partners may request consideration for additional living costs and will need to provide information about their partners’ financial resources when they make the request.

Room and Board

This figure is intended to include food, utilities and housing.